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NHL Shorthanded Assists Leaders: Vegas Golden Knights
2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games
This board ranks every NHL skater by shorthanded assists, regular season only, listing players with at least one. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table.
Shorthanded assists go to the passers on goals scored while killing a penalty. The totals are tiny; one or two put a player near the top. Only a handful of leagues score SHA. Use it alongside the shorthanded points board to find penalty killers who chip in.
Leader for the Vegas Golden Knights in 2017-18: Cody Eakin (VGK), 2 SHA.
- Completed seasons use the NHL's official power-play and shorthanded totals.
Shorthanded Assists leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | SHA | GP | Per game | SHG | SHP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cody EakinFVGK | VGK | 2 | 80 | 0.03 | 1 | 3 | — |
| 2 | William KarlssonFVGK | VGK | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 4 | 5 | 24%▲20 |
| 3 | Colin MillerDVGK | VGK | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 4 | Reilly SmithFVGK | VGK | 1 | 67 | 0.01 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 5 | Tomas NosekFVGK | VGK | 1 | 67 | 0.01 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 6 | Luca SbisaDVGK | VGK | 1 | 30 | 0.03 | 0 | 1 | — |
How to read it
Assists on goals scored while the team is short a skater.
How reliable is it?
Tiny counts and mostly luck: read it as trivia, not a skill ranking.
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